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Grant Woollacott disappeared for a few moments, then returned carrying a fireproof safe that he placed gently on his mother's dining table. The 18-year-old West Hartford resident unlocked the safe and reached inside for a letter from Germany addressed to him. Woollacott held the letter like a mint baseball card, careful not to smudge the ink or nick the corners, angling it to show a visitor instead of encouraging another set of fingerprints on the paper. The letter came from the parents of Christian Adams, a German passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in rural Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. Next, Woollacott took out a black-and-white picture of John Talignani, a...

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Check out festivals and events in October across the state.
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